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downtoning

downtoning is the present participle and gerund of downtone.

Meaning of downtone

Verb

downtone (third-person singular simple present downtones, present participle downtoning, simple past and past participle downtoned)

  1. (transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Questions about downtoning

What is downtoning the present participle and gerund of?
Downtoning is the present participle and gerund of downtone.

Words near downtoning in the dictionary

  1. downtoner
  2. downtoners
  3. downtones
  4. Downtonian
  5. Downtonians
  6. downtoning
  7. downtown
  8. downtowner
  9. downtowners
  10. downtowns
  11. downtrace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downtoning (page history and authors); downtone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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